Just Go! signals trip on Flying Scotsman


Coach operator Just Go! Holidays has a new two-day break featuring a Flying Scotsman trip on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. Visits to London and Tunbridge Wells are also featured. The two-day Flying Scotsman on the Bluebell Line & London break departs on August 25 and costs from £159. justgoholidays.com/agents


CRUISE


Disney Cruise Line launches Magic Ahoy! agents’ training app


Disney Cruise Line has released a phone app designed to boost knowledge and confidence among travel agents selling its sailings. The trade can learn about


different aspects of a Disney cruise through 10-day virtual learning courses delivered through the Magic Ahoy! app, with ‘departures’ on June 19 and July 8. Agents have the chance to


learn about a different part of the ship on each day of the course, starting with the staterooms. They could also win prizes,


including a Disney cruise. Magic Ahoy! can be


downloaded via the Apple App Store and Google Playstore. magicahoy.co.uk


OPERATOR


Jet2 expands summer 2023 capacity from three airports


Samantha Mayling


Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have increased summer 2023 capacity from their three biggest bases – Birmingham, Stansted and Manchester airports. Birmingham sees the addition of Sicily and Sardinia


as new destinations, along with the reintroduction of Bourgas in Bulgaria. Tivat in Montenegro is a new route from


Manchester, while Athens and Rome are new city-break destinations from Stansted. Existing programmes to destinations such as Spain,


Turkey, Croatia and Greece have also been bolstered. A seven-night room-only holiday at Budoni Beach


Hotel, Sardinia, departing from Birmingham on June 4, 2023, costs £599 per person based on two adults and one child aged four sharing. A seven-night all-inclusive package at the Iberostar


Qatar Tourism hopes to score more Disney’s training app travelweekly.co.uk


visitors with new trade training site Qatar Tourism is preparing to launch a new trade training website as it aims to boost visitor numbers on the back of the country hosting this year’s Fifa World Cup. A Qatar Specialist platform will replace Tawash as the tourist board bids to turn some of the 40 million people who transit through the country each year into visitors. The new platform is expected to be ready in June. qatartourism.com


Herceg Novi, Tivat, departing Manchester on May 1, 2023, is priced at £699 based on two adults sharing. Seven nights’ B&B in Athens at the Grecotel Pallas


Athena Boutique hotel, departing from Stansted on April 27, 2023, costs £539 based on two adults sharing. An additional aircraft will be introduced at each


airport to support the expanded programme, with Birmingham and Stansted both increasing from 13 to 14 based aircraft, and Manchester rising from 22 to 23. Chief executive Steve Heapy said: “The addition of


more destinations and extra capacity from three bases comes on the back of enormous demand and, as always, we have been quick to respond. “Summer ’23 will see an additional aircraft come


into our fleet at each of these bases, meaning local holidaymakers and independent travel agents have even more choice and flexibility.” trade.jet2holidays.com


Jet2 will add aircraft at three airports


Taormina, Sicily


PICTURES: Gavin Priestley; Shutterstock/Tomas Marek


Saudi flag-carrier plans London link to $500bn mega-city Neom


London is poised to gain an air link to a $500 billion mega-city being developed on the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia. Flag-carrier Saudia will start flying weekly from Neom Bay airport to Dubai by the end of June and plans to introduce a London service “soon thereafter”. Neom, which means ‘new future’, is in northwest Saudi Arabia. saudia.com


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